HSI applauded CITES Parties for defeating a proposal by Swaziland to sell existing stocks of rhinoceros horn and horn harvested from the 74 living rhinos in the country to licensed retailers in Asia. The rhino news followed a devastatingly disappointing decision to reject the up-listing of all African elephants to Appendix I despite a clear conservation need.

To mark World Rabies Day, teams with Humane Society International and the Quezon City’s rabies-free department vaccinated 3,438 dogs living in the Philippines’ largest, open dumpsite against rabies as part of a program to control the community’s dog population.

HSI applauds Burger King - via its parent company Restaurant Brands International - for committing to switch to exclusively cage-free eggs and gestation crate-free pork for its entire supply chain in Latin America by 2025.

Despite all evidence, data and expert opinion to the contrary, the city of Montreal moved ahead with breed-specific legislation that severely restricts activity and movement of current pit bull-type dog owners and aims to completely ban certain breeds.

Just in time for World Rhino Day, HSI and 27 leading wildlife organisations sent an urgent appeal to the King of Swaziland, asking him to withdraw a proposal to legalize the international trade in rhino horn, warning that demand across Asia for rhino horn is driving the species towards extinction.

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